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Sunday, 15 September 2013

Shopping My Stash: duping the Christian Dior Bonne Etoile palette

I fell in love with Christian Dior's Bonne Etoile Palette at first sight. I mean, do you blame me? Look at it:

Le sigh.

However, a few things stood in the way of our ever being together. The first was the fact that I have never been that sold on the quality of CD shadows - I have had a couple of the 5 Coleurs palettes and gave them away because they just weren't pigmented enough. The second was the price - $103?? Sure they have pretty stars stamped into them, but still...wow. So I decided I'd try to find all five colours within the myriad of shadows I already own - in beauty jargon, "shop my stash".

Despite almost caving and buying Bonne Etoile on several occasions, I talked myself out of it each time. I knew I would regret this purchase immediately, and put it away in a bottom drawer where it would lurk as a constant guilty reminder - a kind of Tell-Tale Heart of makeup purchases.

Finally I came up with the brilliant idea of "shopping my stash", to see if I could come up with a close enough dupe to satisfy those faint pangs of longing I still occasionally experience.

The colours I was looking for were (anticlockwise from the bottom of the pic above):

I think I did well! The chocolate, teal and mushroom colours are spot on, and I actually like my MAC seafoam green better because it has subtle gold shimmer. I also think once Lead Zeppelin (the olive green) is layered over the darker colours, I probably won't need to blend it with anything to get a similar result to the "real thing".

Just FYI, I could ALMOST get a "close enough" version of this using only TheBalm's Shady Lady Vol. 2 palette (it was missing a seafoam green):

For this I used:

1. Deep teal: Bossy Bobbi (more blue but still ok)

2. --- no colour match --- (used MAC Aquadisiac)

3. Mushroom: Tempting Tara (white) blended with Just This Once Jamie (dusty pink)

6 comments:

You did a fantastic job, Kris! I've tried to shop my stash several times, to varying success. Sometimes I'm glad I could quell a craving from existing items, other times, I've just given in and bought something because it's pretty (and functional)!

I think it's like what we addicts always say...they might be similar, but they aren't THE SAME! :D

I think if I hadn't found a dupe for the deep teal I would have caved and bought the Dior! It made me realise just how many palettes and shadows I have....but more on that in another post - I will have to have a swatch fest!

I love the concept of shop my stash.... Aaah shopping without the guilt! You did a fantastic job of matching the colours too, they are pretty close.The CD palette just looks sooo pretty though, you were very good to resist!Claire xx

Excellent job! I also loved the CD palette when I first saw it. Unlike you, I have not had issues with CD eyeshadows although I think some of the finishes may be a problem for some people. I prefer matte or satin finishes rather than metallics. Would you believe I still have some palettes from 10 years ago that are still in great condition so that is a big plus for me in terms of quality.

Excellent job! I also loved the CD palette when I first saw it. Unlike you, I have not had issues with CD eyeshadows although I think some of the finishes may be a problem for some people. I prefer matte or satin finishes rather than metallics. Would you believe I still have some palettes from 10 years ago that are still in great condition so that is a big plus for me in terms of quality.

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